Later this week I will board a plane for Boston to attend this year’s meeting of AAR/SBL (the much shorter way to write “the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature”). This annual event gathers thousands of religion scholars and Bible scholars from around the world. There are several reasons we attend, and one of them is to hear about the exciting work happening right now that might make for excellent articles in the Century. If you’re planning to attend, please let me know or stop by our table in the exhibit hall!
One scholar I’ll be connecting with at the conference is Boston resident and CC writer Mac Loftin. He is one of my favorite people to interview for our YouTube channel, and we have a brand new chat for you today about why those in power seek to control our grieving.
“Through personal essays, nuanced reporting, and original illustrations, Park grapples with religious ambivalence and ecological care as she wonders how faith both compels and hinders our love for a planet in peril.”
“What’s happening is like an anti-heresy campaign. The occupation is best understood as Christians punishing Christians who refuse to say the invasion is divinely sanctioned.”
“Jo Bertini’s career has been shaped by deserts across the globe, and the Australian painter infuses her canvases with a sense of reverence and intimacy.”
